"definitely not if the person is dating someone else. I dont like eating off others plates"
............ Can someone clarify better what this means. To me it sounds like the MC admiting hes too pussy and vanilla to go out and steal others girls? So if he finds a bishshoujo thats super hot (and corruptible) but sees shes been dating another guy, hes just going to run away from the challenge ?.
MC wants to have connection with the girls in the harem, rather than just go around seducing everyone. He also doesn't want to break other people's relationships because why destroy someone's happiness if you don't have to. It's not like he is desperate in search of girls to join his harem. If anything he already has his hands pretty full with the current girls if they demanded any more of his attention. Not to mention, statistically if
Also as dev has pointed earlier, it's also health question, due to risk of STDs.